Succession Planning For Future Insurance Leaders

With the insurance industry facing turnover as a result of retirement amongst Baby Boomers, boardrooms are placing additional focus upon succession planning. The forces of disruption, among them automation, artificial intelligence, changing customer expectations and industry realignment, necessitate that leaders be well versed in digital skills and big-picture strategy, while the importance of traditional skills […]

Succession Planning in Engineering

Succession planning for engineering involves weighing internal vs. external buyouts, while developing talent with leadership potential.

Succession planning for engineering involves weighing internal vs. external buyouts, while developing talent with leadership potential.

ABSP: Always Be Succession Planning

In the fast paced world of business, it can take long hours and intense focus just to keep up. Keeping up, however, is not enough. To remain relevant in the long term it is imperative to stay a few steps ahead, planning for paradigm shifting developments in technology, law and culture. This requires vision with […]

Design Thinking Isn’t Enough When Hiring Executive Team Members

On C-level candidate resumés, executive search teams are valuing hard skills with a focus on technology more than ever.

There have been perhaps no greater changes to the executive search industries than those brought about by the rapid evolution of the internet. This is because the exponential growth of the digital economy has fundamentally shaped the nature of business and, as such, the executive search for corporate management has had to pivot in order […]

Reskilling Employees Within IT and Telecommunications

Technology has developed so rapidly within the IT and telecommunications industries that the European Commission has called it “the new industrial revolution,” which has created a demand for advanced digital skill sets.[1] Within any industry involving technology, there are several different job titles and roles that require a dynamic pool of candidates including not only […]

Personality Perks: the Impacts of CEOs on Company Culture

In today’s candidate market, a company is only as attractive as the culture they’ve nurtured. We know there are many different ways to build a culture; to do so, some rely on social good or invest in healthful workplace practices and design, while others lean hard on their teams and rely on the inspirational nature […]

Money Women (and Man): A Profile of 3 CFOs

The CFO, or Chief Financial Officer, is usually the person who was ridiculed in grade school for having a strong comprehension of math and an intensely analytical personality. Fast forward a few decades and they find themselves responsible for managing a company’s finances, often shaping the evolution and strategic vision of an organization with their […]

Hiring for Ability: Subject vs Function Experience

Today I’d like to take a look at things that leaders should consider when looking to add another top executive to their team. When considering candidates for a position there is naturally an exhaustive checklist of factors to be measured in order to ensure the right hire. Foremost in the minds of company leaders and […]